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
41	(Durrani Empire)	Full Year Range of Durrani Empire is assumed. [1747, 1826]	absent	None
42	(Kushan Empire)	Full Year Range of Kushan Empire is assumed. [35, 319]	absent	None
43	(Early Qing)	Full Year Range of Early Qing is assumed. [1644, 1796]	present	None
44	(Great Yuan)	Full Year Range of Great Yuan is assumed. [1271, 1368]	present	None
45	(Tairona)	Full Year Range of Tairona is assumed. [1050, 1524]	absent	None
46	(Egypt - Dynasty I)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Dynasty I is assumed. [-3100, -2900]	absent	None
47	(Northern Wei)	Full Year Range of Northern Wei is assumed. [386, 534]	absent	None
48	(Late Qing)	Full Year Range of Late Qing is assumed. [1796, 1912]	present	None
49	(Late Shang)	Full Year Range of Late Shang is assumed. [-1250, -1045]	absent	None
50	(Hawaii III)	Full Year Range of Hawaii III is assumed. [1580, 1778]	absent	None

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