| 中文摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-10页 |
| INTRODUCTION | 第10-14页 |
| Ⅰ. Theoretical Survey | 第14-78页 |
| ·Economic Globalization Theory | 第14-45页 |
| ·Political Economy of British Hegemony before WWII | 第15-24页 |
| ·Political Economy of U.S hegemony after WWII | 第24-36页 |
| ·Neo-Mercantilism | 第36-45页 |
| ·Regional Integration Theory | 第45-67页 |
| ·Customs Unions Approach | 第46-63页 |
| ·Theoretical Approach of New Regionalism | 第63-67页 |
| ·Economic Development Theory | 第67-78页 |
| ·History of the post-World War II growth performance of developing countries | 第69-73页 |
| ·Market-supporting institutions | 第73-78页 |
| Ⅱ. Regional Economic Integration Schemes | 第78-118页 |
| ·European Integration | 第78-94页 |
| ·First Phase of European Integration progress: Establishment of the European Economic Community | 第78-85页 |
| ·Second Phase of European Integration: Implementation of Single Market Program | 第85-87页 |
| ·Third Part of European Integration: The establishment of the Euro zone in 1999 | 第87-90页 |
| ·Maastricht Treaty and Institutions of European Union | 第90-94页 |
| ·South-East Asian Nations Integration | 第94-105页 |
| ·Genesis of ASEAN | 第95-101页 |
| ·Expanding ASEAN | 第101-105页 |
| ·Latin American Integration | 第105-113页 |
| ·Central American Common Market | 第105-107页 |
| ·Latin American Free Trade Area and the Andean Pact | 第107-111页 |
| ·Enterprise for the Americas and Western Hemisphere Free Trade Area | 第111-113页 |
| ·The Similarities of the Three Regional Integration Schemes | 第113-118页 |
| ·European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) | 第113-115页 |
| ·Mercosur | 第115-116页 |
| ·ASEAN | 第116-118页 |
| Ⅲ. West Africa and ECOWAS –Historical Background | 第118-152页 |
| ·Antecedents of ECOWAS policy | 第119-129页 |
| ·Active stage of ECOWAS Creation | 第129-142页 |
| ·ECOWAS Development Strategies | 第142-152页 |
| ·The Objectives of ECOWAS | 第142-143页 |
| ·ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Policy | 第143-145页 |
| ·ECOWAS Liberalization of Migration Barriers Policy | 第145-146页 |
| ·ECOWAS Agricultural Policy | 第146-148页 |
| ·ECOWAS Industrial Policy | 第148-149页 |
| ·ECOWAS Macro-Economy Policy | 第149-152页 |
| Ⅳ. Explaining ECOWAS and its Shortcomings: A Hegemony stability Framework Analysis | 第152-170页 |
| ·Hegemonic Power as a Project | 第153-164页 |
| ·Pledges to Economic and Financial Integration | 第154-158页 |
| ·Peace Keeping and Conflict Resolution | 第158-164页 |
| ·Domestic Governance as a Stumbling Bloc | 第164-166页 |
| ·Trans-State Networks as a Vehicle for Dissonant Patterns of Hegemony | 第166-170页 |
| Ⅴ. Some assumptions to overcome the challenges of economic development in ECOWAS countries | 第170-174页 |
| CONCLUSION | 第174-176页 |
| Bibliography | 第176-184页 |
| 攻读博士期间发表的科研成果 | 第184-186页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENT | 第186页 |
