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
271	(Early Modern Sierra Leone)	Full Year Range of Early Modern Sierra Leone is assumed. [1650, 1896]	absent	None
272	(Middle and Late Nok)	Full Year Range of Middle and Late Nok is assumed. [-1500, -901]	absent	None
273	(Middle and Late Nok)	Full Year Range of Middle and Late Nok is assumed. [-900, 0]	absent	None
274	(Spanish Empire I)	Full Year Range of Spanish Empire I is assumed. [1516, 1715]	present	None
275	(Hmong - Early Chinese)	Full Year Range of Hmong - Early Chinese is assumed. [1895, 1941]	absent	None
276	(Buganda)	Full Year Range of Buganda is assumed. [1700, 1894]	absent	None
277	(Toro)	Full Year Range of Toro is assumed. [1830, 1896]	absent	None
278	(Karagwe)	Full Year Range of Karagwe is assumed. [1500, 1916]	absent	None
279	(Nkore)	Full Year Range of Nkore is assumed. [1450, 1749]	absent	None
280	(Ndorwa)	Full Year Range of Ndorwa is assumed. [1700, 1800]	absent	None

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