Section: Social Complexity
Subsection: Bureaucracy characteristics

Full Time Bureaucrat

full-time bureaucrats refer to full-time administrative specialists. code this absent if administrative duties are performed by generalists such as chiefs and subchiefs. also code it absent if state officials perform multiple functions, e.g. combining administrative tasks with military duties. note that this variable shouldn't be coded 'present' only on the basis of the presence of specialized government buildings; there must be some additional evidence of functional specialization in government.   (See here)
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Variable Definition
Polity The Seshat Polity ID
Year(s) The years for which we have the data. [negative = BCE]
Tag [Evidenced, Disputed, Suspected, Inferred, Unknown]
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Variable Definition
full_time_bureaucrat The absence or presence of full time bureaucrat for a polity.

# Polity Year(s) Full Time Bureaucrat Description   Edit
101
(Shiwei)
Full Year Range of Shiwei is assumed.
[600, 1000]
absent
None
102
(Emirate of Harar)
Full Year Range of Emirate of Harar is assumed.
[1650, 1875]
present
None
103
(Sokoto Caliphate)
Full Year Range of Sokoto Caliphate is assumed.
[1804, 1904]
present
None
104
(Hausa bakwai)
Full Year Range of Hausa bakwai is assumed.
[900, 1808]
present
None
105
(British Empire II)
Full Year Range of British Empire II is assumed.
[1850, 1968]
present
None
106
(Kanem-Borno)
Full Year Range of Kanem-Borno is assumed.
[1380, 1893]
present
None
107
(Foys)
Full Year Range of Foys is assumed.
[1715, 1894]
present
None
108
(Early Modern Sierra Leone)
Full Year Range of Early Modern Sierra Leone is assumed.
[1650, 1896]
absent
None
109
(Middle and Late Nok)
Full Year Range of Middle and Late Nok is assumed.
[-1500, -901]
absent
None
110
(Ottoman Empire IV)
Full Year Range of Ottoman Empire IV is assumed.
[1839, 1922]
present
Ottoman Empire relied on salaried officials in the central administration based in Istanbul, such as scribes (katip), finance officers (defterdar), and inspectors (müfettiş). [Finkel 2007]
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