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
311	(Jin Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Jin Dynasty is assumed. [1115, 1234]	present	None
312	(Proto-French Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Proto-French Kingdom is assumed. [987, 1150]	absent	None
313	(French Kingdom - Late Capetian)	Full Year Range of French Kingdom - Late Capetian is assumed. [1150, 1328]	present	None
314	(Carolingian Empire II)	Full Year Range of Carolingian Empire II is assumed. [840, 987]	present	None
315	(Proto-Carolingian)	Full Year Range of Proto-Carolingian is assumed. [687, 751]	absent	None
316	(Middle Merovingian)	Full Year Range of Middle Merovingian is assumed. [543, 687]	absent	None
317	(Kadamba Empire)	Full Year Range of Kadamba Empire is assumed. [345, 550]	unknown	None
318	(Koktepe I)	Full Year Range of Koktepe I is assumed. [-1400, -1000]	unknown	None
319	(French Kingdom - Early Valois)	Full Year Range of French Kingdom - Early Valois is assumed. [1328, 1450]	present	None

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