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Drawing on the perspective of classical liberalism, and developing a comparative institutions framework through which to evaluate alternative proposals for environmental improvement, the case is made for a system of polycentric environmental law. Within this context, contemporary theories that favour an extension of state regulation in order to address the trans-boundary nature of environmental goods are challenged. Problems arising from the complexity of social and ecological processes, the collective nature of environmental goods and the distributive consequences of environmental protection are unlikely to be met by a framework that emphasises greater unity in decisions. On the contrary, the principle of ecological rationality is more likely to be met within a classical liberal framework that facilitates market-like processes of competitive spontaneous order at multiple levels. (Environmental Politics / FUB)

1. The ecological crisis of reason -- 2. Rationalism and the ambiguity of science -- 3. The politics of ecological rationality -- 4. Inequality and ecological rationality -- 5. The blindspots of centrism and human self-enclosure -- 6. Philosophy, prudence and anthropocentrism -- 7. The ethics of commodification -- 8. Towards a dialogical interspecies ethics -- 9. Unity, solidarity and deep ecology -- 10. Towards a materialist spirituality of place -- 11. Conclusion.