This book arises from the meeting and collaboration betweeninvestigators from Centro di Ateneo Studi e Ricerche sulla Famiglia(Universit… Cattolica di Milano) and IESF, Istituto de EstudiosSuperiores de la Familia (Universitat International de Catalunya,Barcelona) on the topics of Aging and Intergenerational FamilySolidarity. The origin of the commitment towards these topics was thesolicitation raised from the decision of the European Union toestablish the year 2012 as the European Year of Active Aging andSolidarity between Generations. Following this solicitation, in Italy, the Universit… Cattolica took up the challenge by funding theresearch entitled "Non mi ritiro - L’allungamento della vita: unasfida per le generazioni, un’opportunit… per la societ…" (2012-2014).Later, in Spain, the IESF (thanks to Santander Universidades) hasactivated a Chair dedicated to long-term study on the theme ofintergenerational solidarity and the family (2013-2020). The mainoutput of the Chair was the research titled "Older Parents,Generations and Family Solidarity. A Multilevel Analysis of theSpanish Context". The contributions of the present volume developreflections from an intergenerational perspective, both at atheoretical-conceptual level and as a product of empirical analysesbased on research carried out in Italy and Spain.
