| LISTS OF PICTORAL SYMBOLS, FIGURES AND MAP | 第6-20页 |
| FIGURE 1. Pictorial Illustration of important symbols of the UNSC | 第6-8页 |
| FIGURE 2. List of the UNSC Permanent Five Members (P5) | 第8-9页 |
| FIGURE 3. List of the ten (10) current non-permanent members of the UNSC | 第9-10页 |
| FIGURE 4. Map of the Nation States of the World | 第10-11页 |
| FIGURE 5. List of all 193 member countries in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) | 第11-20页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第20-23页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第23-25页 |
| LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS | 第26-28页 |
| CHAPTER 1:INTRODUCTION: RESEARCH OUTLINE | 第28-51页 |
| 1.1 Background and Statement of the Problem | 第28-30页 |
| 1.2 Objectives and Purpose of the Study | 第30-32页 |
| 1.3 Problem Statements | 第32-33页 |
| 1.4 Limitations of the Study | 第33-34页 |
| 1.5 Methodology | 第34-36页 |
| ⅰ Assumption | 第34-35页 |
| ⅱ Hypotheses | 第35页 |
| ⅲ Contribution to testing my hypotheses | 第35-36页 |
| 1.6 Research Method | 第36-38页 |
| 1.7 Literature Review | 第38-51页 |
| CHAPTER 2: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK: THE COMPOSITION OFINTEREST, ORDER, INFLUENCE AND POWER IN THE INTERNATIONALSYSTEM AND THE REFORM OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITYCOUNCIL (UNSC) | 第51-83页 |
| 2.1 Introduction: General Overview of the theoretical framework | 第51-53页 |
| 2.2 Definition of key Concepts | 第53-63页 |
| ⅰ. What is a State? | 第53-54页 |
| ⅱ.What determines a state being a small state? | 第54-56页 |
| ⅲ. Understanding States Behaviors:Interest andMotivations36ⅲ. Power | 第56-61页 |
| ⅴ. Influence | 第61页 |
| ⅵ. The composition of the United Nations Security Council(UNSC) of the current members | 第61-62页 |
| vii. The Establishment of the United Nations Security Council(UNSC) and the development of the concept of Peace | 第62-63页 |
| 2.3 Theory:Conceptualizing Nation States from the realism and liberalismperspective | 第63-72页 |
| ⅰ. Liberalist Perspectives of Nation State | 第63页 |
| ⅱ. Realist Perspectives of Nation State | 第63-64页 |
| ⅲ. Analysis of the Theoretical framework | 第64-67页 |
| ⅳ. Small Nation States | 第67-70页 |
| ⅴ. National Interest | 第70-72页 |
| 2.4 Liberalism Paradigm; Analysis of the United Nations Security Council(UNSC) and Small Nation States | 第72-75页 |
| ⅰ. Liberalism Perspectives | 第72-75页 |
| 2.5 Liberalism Paradigm: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) | 第75-76页 |
| ⅰ. Analysis of the way the Liberalism Paradigm explains theestablishment of the United Nations Security (UNSC) | 第75-76页 |
| 2.6 Realist Paradigm: Analysis of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) | 第76-79页 |
| ⅰ. Analysis of the way the Realism Paradigm explains theestablishment of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) | 第76-79页 |
| 2.7 Conclusion and Explanatory Analysis | 第79-83页 |
| CHAPTER 3:THE HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF THE UNITED NATIONSSECURITY COUNCIL (UNSC) REFORM PROCESS | 第83-96页 |
| 3.1 Ideals:The beginning of the United Nations (UN) born from the failure of the Leagueof Nations (LON) | 第83-87页 |
| 3.2 The current situation of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) | 第87-90页 |
| 3.3 What is wrong with the United Nations Security Council (UNSC):catalyst forchange | 第90-91页 |
| 3.4 Are there limits to the power of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)? | 第91-94页 |
| 3.5 Conclusion | 第94-96页 |
| CHAPTER 4: PRESSURE FOR REFORM:REASONS/MOTIVATIONS FORTHE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL (UNSC) REFORM FROMSMALL NATION STATES PERSPECTIVE | 第96-122页 |
| 4.1 Arguments to reform the United Nations Security Council (UNSC): reasons forreform | 第96-111页 |
| ⅰ The Razali Plan | 第100-102页 |
| ⅱ High Level Panel Report | 第102-103页 |
| ⅲ Small Five(S5) | 第103-104页 |
| ⅳ Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) | 第104-105页 |
| ⅴ The group of Four (G4) | 第105-107页 |
| ⅵ Uniting for Consensus (UFC) | 第107页 |
| ⅶ The African Group (AU) | 第107-110页 |
| ⅷ Other Proposals | 第110-111页 |
| 4.2 Issues relating to legitimacy and representativeness | 第111-114页 |
| 4.3 Procedural aspects relating to reform of the United Nations Security Council(UNSC) | 第114-116页 |
| 4.4 Concrete proposals to reform the United Nations Security Council(UNSC) | 第116-117页 |
| 4.5 Flaws of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and the reformproposals | 第117-119页 |
| 4.6 Conclusion | 第119-122页 |
| CHAPTER 5: AREAS OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL(UNSC) TO BE REFORMED BASED ON SMALL NATION STATESPERSPECTIVE | 第122-144页 |
| 5.1 The reform of the United Nations Security Council's (UNSC) membership | 第122-124页 |
| 5.2 Including the size of the enlarged council;categories of membership | 第124-127页 |
| 5.3 The reform of the veto system | 第127-129页 |
| 5.4 The reform of the United Nations Security Council's (UNSC) working method | 第129-131页 |
| 5.5 The relationship between the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and theUnited Nations Security Council (UNSC) | 第131-133页 |
| 5.6 Democratic structure | 第133-134页 |
| 5.7 Possible Pathway to reform: How to actually reform the United Nations SecurityCouncil (UNSC) from Small Nation States perspective | 第134-141页 |
| 5.8 Conclusion | 第141-144页 |
| CHAPTER 6: SMALL NATION STATES:THE CONTENDERS ANDDISTRACTORS:ARE THEY UNITED FOR CONSENSUS FOR REFORM OFTHE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL (UNSC) | 第144-166页 |
| 6.1 What role do small nation states play and power of influence in the United NationsSecurity Council (UNSC):strengths, Challenges the way forward for these small states atthe United Nations (UN) | 第144-147页 |
| 6.2 The impact of small nation states and its contenders through the discussion/debates onthe United Nations Security Council (UNSC) reform | 第147-153页 |
| 6.3 Is it possible for the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to represent smallnation states national interest? | 第153-157页 |
| 6.4 Why so many think the time is right for the United Nations Security Council(UNSC) reform and is there really the prospect for reform (Is it in sight?) | 第157-160页 |
| 6.5 Practical: "Is it time/ is the time new": Problems and challenges in the reform of theUnited Nations Security Council (UNSC)? Is reform really necessary, feasible andpractical? | 第160-162页 |
| 6.6 Conclusion | 第162-166页 |
| CHAPTER 7: FINDINGS and CONCLUSION | 第166-186页 |
| APPENDICES | 第186-201页 |
| REFERENCES | 第201-223页 |
| 致谢 | 第223-224页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENT | 第224-226页 |
| 学位论文评阅及答辩情况表 | 第226页 |
