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
221
(Neolithic Crete)
Full Year Range of Neolithic Crete is assumed.
[-7000, -3000]
absent
None
222
(Hawaii II)
Full Year Range of Hawaii II is assumed.
[1200, 1580]
absent
None
223
(Kaabu)
Full Year Range of Kaabu is assumed.
[1500, 1867]
unknown
None
224
(Abbasid Caliphate II)
Full Year Range of Abbasid Caliphate II is assumed.
[1191, 1258]
unknown
None
225
(Isin-Larsa)
Full Year Range of Isin-Larsa is assumed.
[-2004, -1763]
present
None
226
(Neo-Assyrian Empire)
Full Year Range of Neo-Assyrian Empire is assumed.
[-911, -612]
present
None
227
(Anglo-Saxon England I)
Full Year Range of Anglo-Saxon England I is assumed.
[410, 926]
present
None
228
(Bugesera)
Full Year Range of Bugesera is assumed.
[1700, 1799]
absent
None
229
(Buhaya)
Full Year Range of Buhaya is assumed.
[1700, 1890]
absent
None
230
(Crown of Castile)
Full Year Range of Crown of Castile is assumed.
[1231, 1515]
present
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