Section: Social Complexity
Subsection: Bureaucracy characteristics

Full Time Bureaucrat

Talking about bureaucracy characteristics, 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
11
(Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty I)
1645 CE 1682 CE
A~P
None
12
(Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty I)
1682 CE 1775 CE
present
None
13
(Spanish Empire II)
1716 CE 1814 CE
present
None
14
(Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II)
1867 CE 1918 CE
present
None
15
(Soviet Union)
1923 CE 1991 CE
present
None
16
(Badarian)
Full Year Range of Badarian is assumed.
[-4400, -3800]
absent
None
17
(Elymais II)
Full Year Range of Elymais II is assumed.
[25, 215]
present
None
18
(Yangshao)
Full Year Range of Yangshao is assumed.
[-5000, -3000]
unknown
None
19
(Neguanje)
Full Year Range of Neguanje is assumed.
[250, 1050]
absent
None
20
(Sind - Abbasid-Fatimid Period)
Full Year Range of Sind - Abbasid-Fatimid Period is assumed.
[854, 1193]
unknown
None
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