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
111
(Shiwei)
Full Year Range of Shiwei is assumed.
[600, 1000]
absent
None
112
(Great Zimbabwe)
Full Year Range of Great Zimbabwe is assumed.
[1270, 1550]
absent
None
113
(Ndorwa)
Full Year Range of Ndorwa is assumed.
[1700, 1800]
absent
None
114
(Buganda II)
Full Year Range of Buganda II is assumed.
[1717, 1894]
absent
None
115
(Kadamba Empire)
Full Year Range of Kadamba Empire is assumed.
[345, 550]
present
None
116
(Mughal Empire)
Full Year Range of Mughal Empire is assumed.
[1526, 1858]
present
None
117
(Rashtrakuta Empire)
Full Year Range of Rashtrakuta Empire is assumed.
[753, 973]
present
None
118
(Toro)
Full Year Range of Toro is assumed.
[1830, 1896]
absent
None
119
(Karagwe)
Full Year Range of Karagwe is assumed.
[1500, 1916]
absent
None
120
(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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