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
61	(Wei Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Wei Kingdom is assumed. [220, 265]	absent	None
62	(French Kingdom - Early Valois)	Full Year Range of French Kingdom - Early Valois is assumed. [1328, 1450]	present	None
63	(Tocharians)	Full Year Range of Tocharians is assumed. [-129, 29]	unknown	None
64	(Songhai Empire)	Full Year Range of Songhai Empire is assumed. [1376, 1493]	absent	None
65	(Chu Kingdom - Spring and Autumn Period)	Full Year Range of Chu Kingdom - Spring and Autumn Period is assumed. [-740, -489]	present	None
66	(Early East Africa Iron Age)	Full Year Range of Early East Africa Iron Age is assumed. [200, 499]	absent	None
67	(Hawaii III)	Full Year Range of Hawaii III is assumed. [1580, 1778]	absent	None
68	(Ottoman Empire Late Period)	Full Year Range of Ottoman Empire Late Period is assumed. [1873, 1920]	uncoded	None
69	(Shuar - Ecuadorian)	Full Year Range of Shuar - Ecuadorian is assumed. [1831, 1931]	absent	None
70	(Shuar - Colonial)	Full Year Range of Shuar - Colonial is assumed. [1534, 1830]	absent	None

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