Alexis de Tocqueville Award

Alexis de Tocqueville Award

The Alexis de Tocqueville award can refer to a number of awards named after the prominent Frenchman who wrote "Democracy in America". The current known awards include:
* The [http://www.independent.org/aboutus/alexis.asp Alexis de Tocqueville award] awarded by the Independent Institute
* The Alexis de Tocqueville Award for Excellence in Advancement of Educational Freedom awarded by the Alliance for the Separation of School & State
* The [http://www.adti.net/background/award.html Alexis de Tocqueville award] awarded by the Alexis de Tocqueville Institute, an institute accused of using research to get results predefined by its sponsors.


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