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Mind Map Comparing Ireland and the United States - Coggle Diagram
Mind Map Comparing Ireland and the United States
Socio-Cultural
Similarities
The historic diets of Americans and the Irish both revolve around meats and high carb diets. But in recent times both countries' populations have been delving into new ethnic food varieties (Countries and, n.d.).
Ireland and the United States have long been allies ever since the potato famine forced millions to immigrate to the US around the 1850's. This has lead to ~10% of the US population having Irish heritage and allowed ideas to grow together for hundreds of years creating a blended culture (Washburn, 2023).
Differences
The Irish tend to avoid conflict at all cost in communication. A heavy reliance on indirect communication and social cues that show their true feelings (Scroope, 2017). Which is different from Americans who are direct communicators that speak directly to the point. With this Americans are also more confrontational with higher speaking volumes (Evason, 2022).
A core value in many Americans is their exceptionalism. The belief that the US is different from other countries and deserves admiration. This is evident in citizens considering the country to be a, "guardian of democracy and freedom" (Evason, 2022).
Legal
Similarities
Ireland and the United States both separate the powers and share 3 branches of government: executive, legislative, and judicial (Central Intelligence Agency, n.d.)
Both Presidents of each nation must sign each bill their congress brings to them in order for the bill to be ratified and put into law. Each President has the ability to not sign/veto the bill but the process is different depending on the nation (President of Ireland, n.d.) (United States House, n.d.)
Differences
Ireland's government has remained a parliamentary republic since the Republic of Ireland Act of 1949 (Embassy of, 2020). Compared to America's constitutional federal republic that was established in 1787 (National Archives, n.d.)
Political
Similarities
Both Ireland and the United States allow individuals and groups to lobby the governments to increase pressure and create policy action (Constitution Annotated, n.d.). Ireland also allows you to have someone lobby on your behalf through writing, but lobbying must be done in person (Citizens information, n.d.)
Differences
A major difference is the United States relies on mainly a two party system (democrat and republican), while Ireland has four major parties (Fianna Fail, Fine Gael, Labour, and Progressive Democrats) with other smaller parties winning representation in Ireland more often than independent parties in America (Encyclopedia of the Nation, n.d.).
Ireland uses a voting system called proportional representation with a single transferrable vote (PR) in which citizens are asked to vote via a numbered system to rank the candidates (Citizens Info, n.d.) A stark difference when compared to the United States which uses a popular vote has meant nothing and an electoral college in Presidential votes (USA gov, n.d.)