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اجتماع البلدة هو شكل من أشكال الحكم الديمقراطي المباشر الذي يجتمع فيه معظم أعضاء المجتمع المحلي أو جميعهم، لتشريع السياسات والميزانيات الخاصة بالحكومة الوطنية. يعد اجتماعًا على مستوى البلدة أو المدينة حيث تتخذ القرارات، على النقيض من الاجتماعات البلدية التي عقدتها الدولة والسياسيون الوطنيون للرد على أسئلة من ناخبيهم، التي ليس لها سلطة اتخاذ القرار. استخدمت اجتماعات البلدة في أجزاء من الولايات المتحدة -أساسًا في نيو إنغلاند- منذ القرن السابع عشر.

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dbo:abstract Eine Gemeindeversammlung ist eine rechtlich geregelte Versammlung in der politischen Gemeinde. In der Schweiz ist sie die unmittelbare Zusammenkunft der stimmberechtigten Bevölkerung und damit ein direktdemokratisches politisches Organ. In Deutschland hat die Gemeindeversammlung grundgesetzlich zwar prinzipiell die gleiche rechtliche Bedeutung, wird in der Praxis jedoch nahezu flächendeckend durch gewählte Vertretungen (Gemeinderäte) ersetzt. In Österreich spielt die Gemeindeversammlung eine untergeordnete Rolle und dient ausschließlich der Erörterung gemeindlicher Angelegenheiten, ohne jedoch irgendwelche Entscheidungsbefugnisse innezuhaben. Die kommunalpolitisch ausgerichtete Gemeindeversammlung ist nicht zu verwechseln mit der zumeist jährlich stattfindenden Versammlung aller Mitglieder einer katholischen oder evangelischen Kirchengemeinde. (de) اجتماع البلدة هو شكل من أشكال الحكم الديمقراطي المباشر الذي يجتمع فيه معظم أعضاء المجتمع المحلي أو جميعهم، لتشريع السياسات والميزانيات الخاصة بالحكومة الوطنية. يعد اجتماعًا على مستوى البلدة أو المدينة حيث تتخذ القرارات، على النقيض من الاجتماعات البلدية التي عقدتها الدولة والسياسيون الوطنيون للرد على أسئلة من ناخبيهم، التي ليس لها سلطة اتخاذ القرار. استخدمت اجتماعات البلدة في أجزاء من الولايات المتحدة -أساسًا في نيو إنغلاند- منذ القرن السابع عشر. (ar) Gobierno asambleario es el sistema de gobierno que consiste en la reunión de la población (town meeting) de una comunidad, habitualmente de pequeño tamaño (del ámbito de un municipio) y en el entorno rural (reunión rural), para la toma de decisiones conjuntas mediante el método de la asamblea. En tales asambleas o reuniones participa toda o la mayor parte de los habitantes del lugar, aunque muy a menudo se limita esa participación a los de determinada edad o condición. Según el caso y su nivel competencial, en los debates se pueden proponer todo tipo de temas (incluso los políticos y legislativos), o bien se limitan a los temas administrativos de interés local (gobierno local). También se denomina gobierno asambleario el régimen de cualquier institución, como las comunidades de vecinos o las universidades, en las que la participación de sus componentes en su gestión se realiza, en todo o en parte, mediante asambleas. (es) L'Assemblée communale ou assemblée primaire est le nom donné au pouvoir législatif de certaines communes de Suisse. Chaque citoyen fait partie de l'assemblée communale et peut y participer sur simple présentation du bulletin d'électeur. Elle est appelée Assemblée communale dans les cantons de Berne et de Fribourg, Assemblée primaire en Valais et Conseil général dans le canton de Vaud. Cette structure est utilisée principalement pour de petites communes, mais se retrouve dans des communes beaucoup plus grandes dans la partie alémanique de la Suisse. Dans ce cas, le corps électoral élit des représentants qui forment l'organe législatif. Son nom varie d'un canton à l'autre : Conseil de Ville (Jura), Conseil général (Valais, Fribourg) ou conseil communal (Vaud). Le canton de Neuchâtel ne possède pas d'assemblées communales. En effet, la législation cantonale oblige les communes à posséder un conseil général pour assurer le pouvoir législatif (entre 15 et 41 membres, selon la grandeur de la commune). (fr) Town meeting is a form of local government in which most or all of the members of a community are eligible to legislate policy and budgets for local government. It is a town- or city-level meeting in which decisions are made, in contrast with town hall meetings held by state and national politicians to answer questions from their constituents, which have no decision-making power. Town meeting has been used in portions of the United States, principally in New England, since the 17th century. The format has been characterized as an example of deliberative democracy, and served as a prominent case study in democratic theory. (en) Il termine town meeting potrebbe essere tradotto come assemblea cittadina e va inteso non solo come evento ma anche e soprattutto come forma di governo democratico diretto che interessa principalmente gli stati del New England degli USA. I town meeting del New England risalgono al XVII secolo e prevedono che la maggior parte o tutti i membri di una comunità si riuniscano a legiferare politiche e bilanci per il governo locale. Il termine è stato di recente ampliato per fare riferimento a quegli incontri pubblici non-ordinari, che attirano la gente in un'area geografica per discutere questioni ritenute problematiche. È venuta meno anche la possibilità di voto e di influenza alla decisione in questioni di tipo legislativo o amministrativo. In particolare, il termine è comunemente usato dai politici negli Stati Uniti per descrivere forum in cui gli elettori possono fare domande. Mentre, in Europa ed in Italia, il termine è associato a percorsi inclusivi di natura partecipativa che avvengono principalmente attraverso la modalità elettronica (Electronic Town Meeting).Il Town Meeting inteso come forma di governo democratico diretto ha delle affinità con varie forme storicamente determinate di rappresentatività e gestione del potere legislativo ed amministrativo: le polis dell'antica Grecia, i comuni medievali italiani, i mirs rurali della Russia, il tun germanico, i pueblos spagnolo, e le les assemblées communales et départementales (sezioni urbane) della Rivoluzione francese, i Landsgemeinde svizzeri ed altri istituti di autogoverno locale. Interessante parallelo anche con l'esperienza dei promossi da Aldo Capitini nel dopoguerra. (it) タウンミーティング(英: town meeting)とは、17世紀以来アメリカ合衆国の一部地域で行われてきた直接民主制地方自治の一形態であり、住民の大部分が集合して地域の施策や予算を議決するというものである。 (ja)
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rdfs:comment اجتماع البلدة هو شكل من أشكال الحكم الديمقراطي المباشر الذي يجتمع فيه معظم أعضاء المجتمع المحلي أو جميعهم، لتشريع السياسات والميزانيات الخاصة بالحكومة الوطنية. يعد اجتماعًا على مستوى البلدة أو المدينة حيث تتخذ القرارات، على النقيض من الاجتماعات البلدية التي عقدتها الدولة والسياسيون الوطنيون للرد على أسئلة من ناخبيهم، التي ليس لها سلطة اتخاذ القرار. استخدمت اجتماعات البلدة في أجزاء من الولايات المتحدة -أساسًا في نيو إنغلاند- منذ القرن السابع عشر. (ar) タウンミーティング(英: town meeting)とは、17世紀以来アメリカ合衆国の一部地域で行われてきた直接民主制地方自治の一形態であり、住民の大部分が集合して地域の施策や予算を議決するというものである。 (ja) Eine Gemeindeversammlung ist eine rechtlich geregelte Versammlung in der politischen Gemeinde. In der Schweiz ist sie die unmittelbare Zusammenkunft der stimmberechtigten Bevölkerung und damit ein direktdemokratisches politisches Organ. In Deutschland hat die Gemeindeversammlung grundgesetzlich zwar prinzipiell die gleiche rechtliche Bedeutung, wird in der Praxis jedoch nahezu flächendeckend durch gewählte Vertretungen (Gemeinderäte) ersetzt. In Österreich spielt die Gemeindeversammlung eine untergeordnete Rolle und dient ausschließlich der Erörterung gemeindlicher Angelegenheiten, ohne jedoch irgendwelche Entscheidungsbefugnisse innezuhaben. (de) Gobierno asambleario es el sistema de gobierno que consiste en la reunión de la población (town meeting) de una comunidad, habitualmente de pequeño tamaño (del ámbito de un municipio) y en el entorno rural (reunión rural), para la toma de decisiones conjuntas mediante el método de la asamblea. En tales asambleas o reuniones participa toda o la mayor parte de los habitantes del lugar, aunque muy a menudo se limita esa participación a los de determinada edad o condición. Según el caso y su nivel competencial, en los debates se pueden proponer todo tipo de temas (incluso los políticos y legislativos), o bien se limitan a los temas administrativos de interés local (gobierno local). (es) L'Assemblée communale ou assemblée primaire est le nom donné au pouvoir législatif de certaines communes de Suisse. Chaque citoyen fait partie de l'assemblée communale et peut y participer sur simple présentation du bulletin d'électeur. Elle est appelée Assemblée communale dans les cantons de Berne et de Fribourg, Assemblée primaire en Valais et Conseil général dans le canton de Vaud. (fr) Town meeting is a form of local government in which most or all of the members of a community are eligible to legislate policy and budgets for local government. It is a town- or city-level meeting in which decisions are made, in contrast with town hall meetings held by state and national politicians to answer questions from their constituents, which have no decision-making power. (en) Il termine town meeting potrebbe essere tradotto come assemblea cittadina e va inteso non solo come evento ma anche e soprattutto come forma di governo democratico diretto che interessa principalmente gli stati del New England degli USA. I town meeting del New England risalgono al XVII secolo e prevedono che la maggior parte o tutti i membri di una comunità si riuniscano a legiferare politiche e bilanci per il governo locale. (it)
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