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
361
(West Burkina Faso Yellow I)
Full Year Range of West Burkina Faso Yellow I is assumed.
[100, 500]
absent
None
362
(Middle and Late Nok)
Full Year Range of Middle and Late Nok is assumed.
[-900, 0]
absent
None
363
(Great Zimbabwe)
Full Year Range of Great Zimbabwe is assumed.
[1270, 1550]
absent
None
364
(Ndorwa)
Full Year Range of Ndorwa is assumed.
[1700, 1800]
absent
None
365
(Buganda)
Full Year Range of Buganda is assumed.
[1700, 1894]
absent
None
366
(Toro)
Full Year Range of Toro is assumed.
[1830, 1896]
absent
None
367
(Karagwe)
Full Year Range of Karagwe is assumed.
[1500, 1916]
absent
None
368
(Nkore)
Full Year Range of Nkore is assumed.
[1450, 1749]
absent
None
369
(Plantagenet England)
Full Year Range of Plantagenet England is assumed.
[1154, 1485]
present
None
370
(West Burkina Faso Yellow II)
Full Year Range of West Burkina Faso Yellow II is assumed.
[501, 700]
unknown
None
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