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
161
(Sind - Samma Dynasty)
Full Year Range of Sind - Samma Dynasty is assumed.
[1335, 1521]
uncoded
unknown
162
(Bengal Sultanate)
Full Year Range of Bengal Sultanate is assumed.
[1338, 1538]
present
"A salaried bureaucracy in which relationships were expressed in monetary terms thus remained a lasting legacy of the medieval Iranian political economy." [Eaton_Ansari_Qasemi 1989]
163
(Southern Song)
Full Year Range of Southern Song is assumed.
[1127, 1279]
present
[Gernet 1962, pp. 62-68]
164
(Grand Principality of Moscow, Rurikid Dynasty)
Full Year Range of Grand Principality of Moscow, Rurikid Dynasty is assumed.
[1480, 1613]
present
None
165
(Kievan Rus)
Full Year Range of Kievan Rus is assumed.
[880, 1242]
present
None
166
(Almoravids)
Full Year Range of Almoravids is assumed.
[1035, 1150]
present
None
167
(Avar Khaganate)
Full Year Range of Avar Khaganate is assumed.
[586, 822]
present
None
168
(Great Yuan)
Full Year Range of Great Yuan is assumed.
[1271, 1368]
present
None
169
(Shuar - Colonial)
Full Year Range of Shuar - Colonial is assumed.
[1534, 1830]
absent
None
170
(Kaabu)
Full Year Range of Kaabu is assumed.
[1500, 1867]
unknown
None
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