Abstract
Reforming Cultural local State. Instrumental reconcentration or "oriented control "? The analysis of reforms in the field of culture leads to develop three research hypotheses. The first is to question the end of the French model of State administrative devolution, i.e. "déconcentration". The second hypothesis drives us to examine the issue of administrative behaviors control, by testing the consistency of the instruments of reform themselves, through distinguishing the LOLF and RGPP and the implementation of the software Chorus. The third assumption is also intended to test the consistency of this "normative suite" acccording to the distinct areas of public intervention in the field of Culture. In conclusion, we highlight an analysis of the instrumental differentiation and propose an outline theory of the policy "directed trap".