| Acknowledgement | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| Abstract | 第11-13页 |
| LIST OF ACROYNMS AND ABBREVIATIONS | 第14-20页 |
| CHAPTER ONE Introduction | 第20-50页 |
| 1.1 Background | 第20-22页 |
| 1.2 Problem Stement | 第22-27页 |
| 1.3 Overarching Research Questions | 第27-33页 |
| 1.4 Significance of study | 第33-34页 |
| 1.5 Scope of Study | 第34-36页 |
| 1.6 Research Design and Methodology | 第36-46页 |
| 1.7 Data analysis | 第46页 |
| 1.8 Ethical consideration for the study | 第46-47页 |
| 1.9 Organization of the study | 第47-50页 |
| CHAPTER TWO Literature review and theoretical frameworks | 第50-100页 |
| 2.1 Schools of Thought on Emergence, Re-emergence and Persistence of Territorial Boundary Disputes | 第50-54页 |
| 2.2 The Global Nature of Interstates Boundary Dispute | 第54-55页 |
| 2.3 Territorial Borders, Boundaries and Interstate Boundary Conflicts | 第55-59页 |
| 2.4 Origin, Re-emergence and Persistence of Territorial Boundary Disputes in Africa | 第59-65页 |
| 2.5 Re-emergence and Endurance of Lake Malawi Boundary Dispute | 第65-68页 |
| 2.6 Conceptual and Theoretical Frameworks | 第68-100页 |
| CHAPTER THREE Historic origin, dormancy and re-emergence of Lake Boundary dispute | 第100-111页 |
| 3.1 Introduction | 第100页 |
| 3.2 Historic origin of the Lake boundary dispute | 第100-103页 |
| 3.3 Political History of the Dispute and its evolution over time | 第103-109页 |
| 3.5 Conclusion of this Chapter | 第109-111页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR 4.0 The Cause of Lake Boundary Dispute Re-emergence and its Endurance | 第111-151页 |
| 4.1 Introduction | 第111页 |
| 4.2 Game theoretical analysis of the cause of dispute re-emergence | 第111-115页 |
| 4.3 Presentation of Field Study Findings and Results | 第115-117页 |
| 4.4 Reasons why the dispute first emerged in 1960s | 第117-118页 |
| 4.5 The Management of the Lake Boundary Dispute in the 1960s | 第118-120页 |
| 4.6 Reasons on the Resurfacing of the Dispute in 2011/2012 | 第120-122页 |
| 4.7 Dispute Resolution Mechanisms Preferred by Key Informants | 第122-126页 |
| 4.8 Discussion on Causes of Re-Emergence of Lake Boundary Dispute and Failure of Initiatives to Resolve the Dispute | 第126-137页 |
| 4.9 The discussion on causes of dispute re-emergence in 2011/2012 | 第137-151页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE Feasible Mechanisms and Initiatives for Resolving Dispute | 第151-176页 |
| 5.1 Dispute Management and Resolution Mechanisms in the late 1960s | 第152-157页 |
| 5.2 Discussion on Dispute Resolution Mechanism | 第157-160页 |
| 5.3 Dispute resolution mechanism pursued after re-emergence in 2011/2012 | 第160-168页 |
| 5.4 Feasible mechanism of resolving re-emergent Lake Boundary Dispute | 第168-173页 |
| 5.5 Future of Malawi-Tanzania boundary disputes | 第173-174页 |
| 5.6 Conclusion of the chapter | 第174-176页 |
| Chapter Six Exploration of Research Question, objectives, hypotheses and theoretical frameworks | 第176-186页 |
| 6.1 Exploration of research question | 第176-178页 |
| 6.2 Exploration of hypotheses | 第178-180页 |
| 6.3 Exploration of conceptual and theoretical Frameworks | 第180-182页 |
| 6.4 Exploration of research objectives | 第182-185页 |
| 6.5 Conclusion of the chapter | 第185-186页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion and recommendations | 第186-202页 |
| 7.1 Summary of key study findings and results | 第188-191页 |
| 7.2 Concluding remarks and observations | 第191-196页 |
| 7.3 General and Specific Policy Recommendations | 第196-201页 |
| 7.4 Suggested areas for further research | 第201-202页 |
| Bibliography | 第202-214页 |
| Appendices | 第214-280页 |
| Annex ⅰ: List of Official Interview Respondents | 第214-222页 |
| Annex ⅱ: Study Questionnaire | 第222-230页 |
| Annex ⅲ: Guiding Questions on Key Informant Interviews | 第230-236页 |
| Annex ⅳ: Guiding Questions on Focus Group Discussions | 第236-242页 |
| Annex ⅴ: Responses on Possible Factors of Dispute Re-emergence | 第242-243页 |
| Annex ⅵ: Preferred Mechanism on Resolving the Lake Boundary Dispute | 第243-246页 |
| Annex ⅶ: Focus Group Interview Results in Tanzania | 第246-248页 |
| Appendix ⅷ: Focus Group Discussion Results in Malawi | 第248-250页 |
| Annex ⅸ: Responses on what causes the Lake Boundary Dispute in the 1960s | 第250页 |
| Annex ⅹ: Mechanisms deployed in 1960s to manage the Lake Boundary Dispute | 第250-251页 |
| Annex Ⅺ: Reasons Why Independent Third Party Mediation Process is Proving Futile | 第251-255页 |
| Annex Ⅻ: QUALITATIVE CONTENT DATA ANALYSIS | 第255-280页 |
