Concept information
Preferred term
world postal system
Definition
- A key component of the infrastructure of organized human communications, the postal system has tracked the contours of internationalization, sometimes following and sometimes leading it. The modern version of globalization has made a consequential impact on the traditional postal sector, whose recent evolution has played a vital role in the spread of globalization. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Studies; Postal System, World]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/world_postal_system
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