How is a constitutional government also a representative government?

Answer 1

Essentially, every form of government is a constitutional government as constitution refers to the arrangement of the elements within the government. Therefore, if the arrangement is democratic or a republic or a socialist state or even communism, it can be said to be constitutional. The first constitution of the United States was the "Articles of Confederation" which linked the former English colonies together loosely and gave almost no power to the federal government. It was un-governable as all confederations eventually become. The "Constitution of the United States of America" created a democratic republic (meaning the ultimate power is in the people--democratic--but the people select representatives to make and administer the laws--republic).

Some small New England communities have pure democratic government in that every so often the entire town comes together and decides the laws. Pure democracy is not workable at the state or national level because there is no building or stadium that will hold every citizen and most of them wouldn't show up anyhow. Mostly in the United States the people regularly elect representatives who make laws for them using democratic principles.

The former Union of Soviet Socialists Republics was built upon the Stalin Constitution of 1936.

Therefore a "constitutional government" can be any form of government. Look at it this way, the government is a machine (what kind of machine is not relevant) and the constitution is the box that it comes in.