Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Bureaucracy characteristics

Merit Promotion

Talking about bureaucracy characteristics, merit promotion is coded present if there are regular, institutionalized procedures for promotion based on performance. when exceptional individuals are promoted to the top ranks, in the absence of institutionalized procedures, we code it under institution and equity variables (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]
Verified	A Seshat Expert has approved this piece of data.

Variable	Definition
merit_promotion	The absence or presence of merit promotion for a polity.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Merit Promotion	Description	Edit
101	(Late Qing)	Full Year Range of Late Qing is assumed. [1796, 1912]	present	None
102	(Late Shang)	Full Year Range of Late Shang is assumed. [-1250, -1045]	absent	None
103	(Neolithic Crete)	Full Year Range of Neolithic Crete is assumed. [-7000, -3000]	absent	None
104	(Prepalatial Crete)	Full Year Range of Prepalatial Crete is assumed. [-3000, -1900]	absent	None
105	(Hawaii II)	Full Year Range of Hawaii II is assumed. [1200, 1580]	absent	None
106	(Iban - Pre-Brooke)	Full Year Range of Iban - Pre-Brooke is assumed. [1650, 1841]	absent	None
107	(Majapahit Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Majapahit Kingdom is assumed. [1292, 1518]	unknown	None
108	(Canaan)	Full Year Range of Canaan is assumed. [-2000, -1175]	unknown	None
109	(Yisrael)	Full Year Range of Yisrael is assumed. [-1030, -722]	unknown	None
110	(Shuar - Colonial)	Full Year Range of Shuar - Colonial is assumed. [1534, 1830]	absent	None

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