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)

Contributors:

Metadata:

Download MetaData

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.

Actual Data:

Add More Facts Download All See One-Page Mode

#	Polity	Year(s)	Merit Promotion	Description	Edit
11	(Kingdom of Hawaii - Post-Kamehameha Period)	1820 CE 1840 CE	absent	None
12	(Kingdom of Hawaii - Post-Kamehameha Period)	1840 CE 1898 CE	present	None
13	(Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II)	1867 CE 1918 CE	present	None
14	(Bulgaria - Early)	Full Year Range of Bulgaria - Early is assumed. [681, 864]	present	None
15	(Banu Ghaniya)	Full Year Range of Banu Ghaniya is assumed. [1126, 1227]	unknown	None
16	(Portuguese Empire - Early Modern)	Full Year Range of Portuguese Empire - Early Modern is assumed. [1640, 1806]	present	None
17	(Avar Khaganate)	Full Year Range of Avar Khaganate is assumed. [586, 822]	unknown	None
18	(Almoravids)	Full Year Range of Almoravids is assumed. [1035, 1150]	absent	None
19	(Macedonian Empire)	Full Year Range of Macedonian Empire is assumed. [-330, -312]	absent	None
20	(Qin Empire)	Full Year Range of Qin Empire is assumed. [-338, -207]	present	None

Page 2 (of 38)