Discussion questions for Graham’s “The City Economy”

1. What are the two concerns that Graham begins the article with?

2. What are the relationships between the global and the local that are pointed to within these two concerns? What are the tensions?

3. What is the localization vs. globalization debate? How does it shape our understanding of cities?

4. What impact do concepts and analytical approaches regarding globalization or localization have on concrete city economies? What is Graham’s critique of these analytical approaches?

5. What is the role of institutions that Graham points to?