| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 1 Democratic deliberation in the UK:Reflections on majoritarian democracy and research onthe House of Lords in terms of its deliberative role | 第8-12页 |
| 2 Deliberation:The spirit of democracy | 第12-20页 |
| ·Characteristics of deliberative democracy | 第12-14页 |
| ·The goal of deliberative democracy | 第14-16页 |
| ·Deliberative democracy vs.Aggregative democracy | 第16-20页 |
| 3 House of Lords reforms history and perspectives of deliberative practice and spirit | 第20-27页 |
| ·Pre-1999 reform history of the House of Lords | 第20-23页 |
| ·Post-1999 attempts to reform the House of Lords | 第23-24页 |
| ·Debates on the House of Lords reform | 第24-27页 |
| 4 The House of Lords debate analysis in comparison with the House of Commons | 第27-49页 |
| ·Political deliberation in the UK Parliament | 第27-29页 |
| ·Lords compared to Commons:Case-study of House deliberation over Anti-social Behaviour,Crime and Policing Bill | 第29-40页 |
| ·Characteristics of the Commons' debate | 第29-32页 |
| ·Characteristics of the Lords'debate | 第32-40页 |
| ·Lords compared to Commons:Case-study of House deliberation over Europea Union(Referendum)Bill | 第40-49页 |
| ·Characteristics of the Commons' debate | 第40-44页 |
| ·Characteristics of Lords' debate | 第44-49页 |
| 5 Conclusion | 第49-54页 |
| Works Cited | 第54-57页 |
