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
21
(Neo-Hittite Kingdoms)
Full Year Range of Neo-Hittite Kingdoms is assumed.
[-1180, -900]
present
None
22
(Egypt - Thebes-Libyan Period)
Full Year Range of Egypt - Thebes-Libyan Period is assumed.
[-1069, -747]
present
None
23
(Neguanje)
Full Year Range of Neguanje is assumed.
[250, 1050]
absent
None
24
(Koktepe II)
Full Year Range of Koktepe II is assumed.
[-750, -550]
absent
None
25
(Northern Wei)
Full Year Range of Northern Wei is assumed.
[386, 534]
present
None
26
(Late Qing)
Full Year Range of Late Qing is assumed.
[1796, 1912]
present
None
27
(Great Yuan)
Full Year Range of Great Yuan is assumed.
[1271, 1368]
present
None
28
(Shuar - Colonial)
Full Year Range of Shuar - Colonial is assumed.
[1534, 1830]
absent
None
29
(Shuar - Ecuadorian)
Full Year Range of Shuar - Ecuadorian is assumed.
[1831, 1931]
absent
None
30
(Yangshao)
Full Year Range of Yangshao is assumed.
[-5000, -3000]
unknown
None
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