Reddit mentions of Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation: Southern Europe, South America, and Post-Communist Europe

This book: http://www.amazon.com/Contentious-Politics-Charles-Tilly/dp/0199946094 is kind of the gold standard in terms of polisci research. This is another one: http://www.amazon.com/Social-Movements-1768-2012-Charles-Tilly/dp/161205238X/ref=la_B000APQCP2_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1410999473&sr=1-2

If you have access to any university login, you can read a lot of articles by these guys who have lots of stuff on this. Tarrow created a lot of theoretical foundation for studying revolution -- why people decide to revolt, why governments choose to repress or allow revolution, etc.

This book: http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/politics-international-relations/comparative-politics/competitive-authoritarianism-hybrid-regimes-after-cold-war will have the most modern case studies in revolution and revolt. It covers areas like Latin America post-dictatorship, former Soviet states after the cold war ended (Ukraine and Russia included), and lots of places in Southeast Asia. It's good stuff and slightly less academic than the above.

These are two more classics: http://www.amazon.com/Problems-Democratic-Transition-Consolidation-Post-Communist/dp/0801851580 and http://www.amazon.com/The-Third-Wave-Democratization-Distinguished/dp/0806125160/ref=pd_sim_b_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=0AXQX8XHDWS427E6JY1A

If there's a geographic area you're interested in particular I probably know quite a bit more!

edit: I think the most accessible and probably useful book here is the Levitsky & Way book. They have an easy theoretical model, and most of the book is case studies.