Fred Dervin is Professor of Multicultural Education at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He also holds distinguished professorships in Australia, Canada, China, Luxembourg, Malaysia and Sweden.

Ashley Simpson is a Lecturer in Language Education at the University of Edinburgh, UK.

1. Characterising Interculturality 2. Who was influential in the ways we understand interculturality? 3. How does intercultural research and education influence experiences of interculturality? 4. Can we prepare / get prepared for interculturality? 5. What is the state of research on interculturality today? 6. The intercultural is always ideological and political

This innovative book problematises the internal relationships within and between the intercultural and the political in education. It engages in a critical dialogue with current practices and discourses, and the focus on 'the political' offers an alternative trajectory to explore interculturality within education.