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FUTURE STUDIES
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Focusing on Population Density
One of the unique contributions of this study is the effort to capture the entire interorganizational structure of a large urban community (rather than smaller communities or selected predetermined powerful positions within them).
Are community power structures dependent upon population size?
If so, to what extent?
One hypothesis offered is that as the population increases individuals recede in importance and formal organizations grow in importance.
As the city in this study inches closer to a population of one million, is there a population effect for the local power structure?
In a related way, is a population of one million or more a decisive moment in economic development, as some of the local elites indicate?