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
31	(Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial)	Full Year Range of Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial is assumed. [1841, 1987]	absent	None
32	(Koktepe I)	Full Year Range of Koktepe I is assumed. [-1400, -1000]	unknown	None
33	(French Kingdom - Late Capetian)	Full Year Range of French Kingdom - Late Capetian is assumed. [1150, 1328]	present	None
34	(Koktepe II)	Full Year Range of Koktepe II is assumed. [-750, -550]	unknown	None
35	(Badarian)	Full Year Range of Badarian is assumed. [-4400, -3800]	absent	None
36	(The Emirate of Crete)	Full Year Range of The Emirate of Crete is assumed. [824, 961]	unknown	None
37	(La Tene C2-D)	Full Year Range of La Tene C2-D is assumed. [-175, -27]	unknown	None
38	(Himyar I)	Full Year Range of Himyar I is assumed. [270, 340]	unknown	None
39	(Himyar II)	Full Year Range of Himyar II is assumed. [378, 525]	unknown	None
40	(Hawaii III)	Full Year Range of Hawaii III is assumed. [1580, 1778]	absent	None

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