such as argument points to the importance of the second and third dimensions of power presented by bachrach and baratz (1962) and Lukes (1974) and discussed in chapter 1. in such a scenario school leaders at best have no scope to question fundamental objectives (bachrach and baratz 1962), and at worst the structures of the system result in then simply internalizing the logic of the market (lukes 1974). wright's views are echoed by others such as hatches (2005) and, perhaps more guardedly, by thrupp (2004), who both highlight the difficulties of school leaders being able to develop internal policy agendas that may be at odds with (2004:8) suggests that school leader capacity to mediate the external policy agenda is very limited, but that there may be potential for what he described as passive resistance or unofficial response