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
351
(Nkore)
Full Year Range of Nkore is assumed.
[1750, 1901]
absent
None
352
(Anurādhapura IV)
Full Year Range of Anurādhapura IV is assumed.
[614, 1017]
present
None
353
(Emirate of Harar)
Full Year Range of Emirate of Harar is assumed.
[1650, 1875]
present
None
354
(Sokoto Caliphate)
Full Year Range of Sokoto Caliphate is assumed.
[1804, 1904]
present
None
355
(Hausa bakwai)
Full Year Range of Hausa bakwai is assumed.
[900, 1808]
present
None
356
(British Empire IIIIIIIIII)
Full Year Range of British Empire IIIIIIIIII is assumed.
[1850, 1968]
present
None
357
(Kanem-Borno)
Full Year Range of Kanem-Borno is assumed.
[1380, 1893]
present
None
358
(Foys)
Full Year Range of Foys is assumed.
[1600, 1892]
present
None
359
(Early Modern Sierra Leone)
Full Year Range of Early Modern Sierra Leone is assumed.
[1650, 1896]
absent
None
360
(Middle and Late Nok)
Full Year Range of Middle and Late Nok is assumed.
[-1500, -901]
absent
None
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