Dilemmas of Statehood in Southeast AsiaAmong the recently decolonized states of Southeast Asia'nation building' has become a commonplace expression ofgovernmental intent. This study of political life in the region drawsan important distinction, however, between political integration andthe more ambitious ideal of national integration. The former requires acommon government; the latter a common people. It is argued with effectthat the more urgent task facing the new states of the region is