Grassroots law enforcement in China is significantly influenced and shaped by political system and social ecology. "Governance space" is able to accommodate simultaneously both of these two crucial factors, hence has become a new approach to the understanding of and research on grassroots law enforcement. Rural governance space provides specific scenes and atmosphere for grassroots law enforcement, while its characteristics of "crowded society" and "decentralization of power" seriously constraint the improvement of law enforcement ability. By establishing a comprehensive governance system/law enforcement system, the spatial regionalization mechanism realizes integration and regionalization of law enforcement institutions. What's more, by integrating village organizations, village cadres and grid administrators into the law enforcement system, this mechanism also achieves the boundary division and localization of space. Similarly, it also creates and models varied zoning of time-space on the basis of situational allocation of time and resources. In addition, the regionalization mechanism reconstructs the rural governance space and responds to problems of insufficient law enforcement power and abilities in rural areas. By doing so, it reshapes the grassroots law enforcement and improves its effectiveness and efficiency as well. |