| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-10页 |
| I. Constructing Super PACs: Independent-expenditure Only Committees and Campaign Finance Reform in America | 第10-29页 |
| ·Pushing Mammon out of Politics: A Brief History of American Campaign Finance Reform | 第10-19页 |
| ·Tillman Act of 1907: Start of Corporate Contribution Restriction | 第11-13页 |
| ·Taft-Hartley Act of 1947: Regulating Labour Money | 第13-15页 |
| ·Federal Election Campaign Act: Attack on Unlimited Individual Contribution and Undisclosed Campaign Funds | 第15-17页 |
| ·Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002: Latest Patch to the System | 第17-19页 |
| ·Citizens United and SpeechNow: The Advent of Super PACs | 第19-23页 |
| ·Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission: Thin End of the Wedge | 第19-21页 |
| ·SpeechNow v. Federal Election Commission: Birth of the Super PAC | 第21-23页 |
| ·The Game-changer: Super PACs in Elections | 第23-29页 |
| ·The 2010 Election Cycle | 第23-27页 |
| ·The 2012 Election Cycle | 第27-29页 |
| II. Deconstructing Super PACs: The Colbert Report | 第29-53页 |
| ·A Short-lived Legend: The Story of Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow | 第29-40页 |
| ·Joke Made Real: Beginning of Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow | 第30-32页 |
| ·Campaign Finance Glory Hole: Colbert Super PAC SHH! | 第32-35页 |
| ·Giving Away the Money: Colbert’s Campaign for the “Presidency” | 第35-36页 |
| ·Romney’s a Serial Killer: Colbert Super PAC’s Ads | 第36-39页 |
| ·RIP, Ham Rove: Colbert Super PAC Dissolved | 第39-40页 |
| ·Defeating the Purpose: Problems with Super PACs | 第40-47页 |
| ·Return of the Dark Lords: What Does Super PAC Say about American Electoral Politics? | 第47-53页 |
| III. Rome Was Not Built in A Day: Road to Super PAC | 第53-60页 |
| ·Need for Money: Super PACs as a Tool for Political Expediency | 第53-56页 |
| ·The Party’s Over: Super PACs as the Product of American Party Politics | 第56-60页 |
| Conclusion | 第60-63页 |
| Bibliography | 第63-72页 |
