| Acknowledgements | 第3-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Introduction | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Filibuster in Perspective | 第11-16页 |
| 1.1 Literature Review | 第11-14页 |
| 1.2 The Significance of This Research | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter 2 The Origin of Filibuster: in the Name of the Minority | 第16-21页 |
| 2.1 The Original Filibuster in the Senate | 第16-17页 |
| 2.2 The Role of Filibuster as a Weapon | 第17-21页 |
| Chapter 3 Institutionalization of the Filibuster | 第21-30页 |
| 3.1 Rule XXII of the 1917 Reform | 第21-23页 |
| 3.2 The Stealth Filibuster: from 1970 to the present | 第23-30页 |
| 3.2.1 The Two-Track System: Leading to Expanded Filibuster | 第24-26页 |
| 3.2.2 Senators’ Changing Attitude towards the Time of Filibuster | 第26-27页 |
| 3.2.3 The Hold: Making the Filibuster Even Worse | 第27-30页 |
| Chapter 4 Benefits to the Senate from Filibuster | 第30-51页 |
| 4.1 The Risk-aversion Mentality of Senators | 第30-34页 |
| 4.2 The Role of Filibuster as a Tool of Retaliation | 第34-35页 |
| 4.3 No Incentive to Change Filibuster in the Senate | 第35-40页 |
| 4.4 The Stickiness of Norms: Blocking the Reform of Filibuster | 第40-47页 |
| 4.5 Unorthodox Lawmaking in the Mire | 第47-51页 |
| Conclusion | 第51-55页 |
| Bibliography | 第55-59页 |
| 外交学院硕士研究生 学位论文答辩委员会组成人员名单 | 第59页 |
