Sommes nous sortis de l'État social ?

This paper discuss the theories of crisis of the Social State. It examines the transformations of the norms of social control on production and distribution of income in France since thirty years. It show that Social State is no more the framework of french institutions. As consequence, the « rigidities of Social State » cannot be seen as the reasons of inefficiency of french economy. Perverse effects of neo-liberal policies must be pointed to explain such a bad performances.