The ones who run the ship. Who will they be? The ship must be under the ultimate command of one person or group. It is this group, imbued with the ability to command any other person or group on the ship. How will it be decided who that is? A democracy? Dictatorship? Military? Kingdom?
The two facets to command are the structure of the top authority, and the political group that controls it.
In general, the captain of a ship is the ultimate authority aboard ship, and has final say in all matters pertaining to the running and maintenance of the ship. However, what happens aboard a ship where there is a whole society aboard, that isn't part of the command structure or day-to-day operation of the ship? There is little precedent in history for this, because all ship voyages have either been under the auspices of a civilian or military authority at home. Several exceptions come to mind, such as pirate ships flying under their own flag, and cruise ships that submit to a corporate authority rather than a governmental one.
But neither of these examples encompasses the situation that will occur aboard interstellar ships. There will be a command structure in charge of the ship itself, and a civilian authority in charge of societal tasks such as food production, medical services, and menial tasks involving garbage and waste recycling among others. So a better place to look for historical precedent might be at colonies with distant government administered through regional governors, or military occupation of conquered territories (not that there would be any sort of military conquering of the civilian portion, but rather the dynamics that developed between the military leaders and the suborned inhabitants).
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