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
51	(Prepalatial Crete)	Full Year Range of Prepalatial Crete is assumed. [-3000, -1900]	absent	None
52	(Hawaii II)	Full Year Range of Hawaii II is assumed. [1200, 1580]	absent	None
53	(Iban - Pre-Brooke)	Full Year Range of Iban - Pre-Brooke is assumed. [1650, 1841]	absent	None
54	(Majapahit Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Majapahit Kingdom is assumed. [1292, 1518]	unknown	None
55	(Canaan)	Full Year Range of Canaan is assumed. [-2000, -1175]	unknown	None
56	(Yisrael)	Full Year Range of Yisrael is assumed. [-1030, -722]	unknown	None
57	(Deccan - Iron Age)	Full Year Range of Deccan - Iron Age is assumed. [-1200, -300]	unknown	None
58	(Deccan - Neolithic)	Full Year Range of Deccan - Neolithic is assumed. [-2700, -1200]	unknown	None
59	(Bazi Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Bazi Dynasty is assumed. [-1005, -986]	absent	None
60	(Hawaii III)	Full Year Range of Hawaii III is assumed. [1580, 1778]	absent	None

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