Analogous to the term resource extractivism, the term care extractivism is used to describe the shift of care services from one region or nation to another not as a value-neutral phenomenon, but rather to emphasize the injustices involved (cf. Wichterich 2016, 2019: 533). This is because care services that are also needed in the home country are deducted and often exploited. Example: Eastern European women take over 24-hour care in Western Europe, and this creates care deficits and care crises in their home countries (see also care migration).
Care Glossary
Terms for Caring Societies
