| 中文摘要 | 第4-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-8页 |
| CHAPTER 1 Introduction | 第10-15页 |
| CHAPTER 2 Power and Small States in International Politics | 第15-25页 |
| 2.1 Power and Perception | 第15-16页 |
| 2.2 Understanding Hard and Soft Power | 第16-20页 |
| 2.3 IR Theories of State Behaviour and Implications for Small States | 第20-25页 |
| CHAPTER 3 Understanding the characteristics and challenges of small states | 第25-33页 |
| 3.1 Characteristics of the Small State | 第25-28页 |
| 3.2 International definition of Small Island Developing States: commonality through vulnerability | 第28-31页 |
| 3.3 Capitalizing on handicaps - Power Mechanisms for SIDS in the International Context | 第31-32页 |
| 3.4 Resolving the small state definition dilemma | 第32-33页 |
| CHAPTER 4 A Case Study in Small State Power: Maldives and Climate Change | 第33-55页 |
| 4.1 Country Profile: Republic of Maldives | 第33-34页 |
| 4.2 The International Context of Climate Change | 第34-42页 |
| 4.3 National Efforts to mitigate and adapt to Climate Change | 第42-50页 |
| 4.4 Collective Power: Maldives, AOSIS and Climate Change | 第50-55页 |
| CHAPTER 5 Conclusion | 第55-58页 |
| 5.1 The future of Maldives – summary analysis and challenges ahead | 第55-57页 |
| 5.2 Implications for small state power | 第57-58页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第58-66页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENT | 第66页 |
